Read more about Klaus and the Lisbon Treaty.
Klaus has been concerned about 2.5 million ethnic Germans who were expelled from Czechoslovakia after WW2, attempting to reclaim their properties.
As such, he and a group of senators posted a legal challenge to the Czech constitutional court, which is expected to give its decision on 27th October 2009 - in 10 days' time.
Klaus cannot sign before the ruling is delivered and if the legal challenge is rejected, Klaus might have no option but to sign - unless he can find another way to hold up ratification.
Some think he might be able to and some don't ...
Those who think Klaus might not sign:
- Europe does not need President Blair - Adam LeBor, The Guardian
- Vaclav Klaus determined to weather the storm over Lisbon Treaty veto - Roger Boyes, The Times
- Klaus unlikely to sign Lisbon Treaty - poll - CTK, Ceske Noviny
- 'Too late' to stop Lisbon Treaty, concedes last EU leader left to sign - the Daily Mail
- Thanks for Nothing, Vaclav - Blaney's Blarney
- Czech leader resigned to treaty - Rob Cameron, BBC News
- Klaus set to ratify the Lisbon Treaty - is David Cameron secretly relieved? - Will Heaven, the Telegraph
- How do you solve a problem like Lisbon, David T Breaker, ConservativeHome
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2 comments:
He strikes me as a good man who will and has held off from signing as long as he possibly can without damaging his country.
I happen to think he will sign before the end of the year and Lisbon will be enacted 1st Jan 2010. That is unless a GE can be forced in a country where the ratification can be re-opened in the next few weeks.
Same here. Let's hope he can't be bought with tantalising inducements the EU commission is likely to throw his way (fab new EU job + perks, etc.).
Unfortunately, I think you're right. In which case, there will be pressure on Cameron for an EU in/out referendum, which is, doubtless, why Hezza is muscling his way in to the new Tory government in waiting.
Cameron will lose votes to UKIP if he even considers it!
Yay!
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